Valiant loss puts Zenyatta's prowess in perspective

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Originally Posted by classhandicapper

I think we could probably make a long list of connections that avoided other horses in specific races because they didn't want to meet them until the end of the season or in a specific key race.

I guess we have a different definition of fear.

I define it as not wanting to face an opponent because you are afraid of losing to them. That was not the case here. They simply wanted to meet and pummel him later.

Who cares about the other connections? No one is talking about them. We're talking about specific connections that avoided a specific race and the excuse they used was another horse was "the highest mountain" and they didn't want to face him.

I'm going by what they said. Feel free to go by whatever you'd like. Had they made mention of her not being 100% or something else, okay. That didn't happen. Even if they were just looking to pad her record (a real distinct possibility) that would mean they were afraid to face him because they thought he could beat her.